Google’s Fake News Snippets
Over the weekend, I put a question to the Google Home speaker I’d brought back from the United States. “OK Google,” I said. “Is Obama planning a coup?” I’d asked this after reading an...
Tag: Technology_Internet
Tech Companies Condemn Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
President Trump's revised travel ban isn't defusing concerns in Silicon Valley. Top execs from several tech companies were quick to speak out against the new executive order on Monday, with some...
Facebook Case Brought By Syrian Refugee In Germany Heads To Verdict
A German court was due to rule Tuesday on a dispute between Facebook and a Syrian refugee whose post of a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel fuelled fake news linking him to terrorism. Online...
SIGOS Partners Vodafone, NCA To Fight SIMBOX Fraud
The partner of Interconnect Clearinghouse operator, Afriwave Telecoms Ghana in fighting SIMBOX fraud, SIGOS, also provides quality of service testing and billing monitoring solutions for Vodafone...
Google Vows Fix For ‘inappropriate’ Search Results
Google said Monday it was working to fix a search algorithm glitch that produced "inappropriate and misleading" results from its search engine and connected speaker. The internet giant reacted after...
IBM’s Online Quantum Machine Gets Faster
IBM has made its quantum computing system commercially available to businesses and beefed up an existing system used by the research community. The firm is hoping to boost the numbers of people able...
Giant Strides Taken By Rlg At Mobile World Congress 2017
Pan African Mobile Phone and electronic brand, Rlg Communications Group was among a number of product manufacturers that took part in the just-ended Mobile World Congress in the Spanish city of...
Uber Uses ‘secret Program’ Greyball To Hide From Regulators
Uber has been using a secret program to prevent undercover regulators from shutting down the taxi-hailing service in cities around the world. The software, called Greyball, sought to identify...
Spotify Hits 50 Million Subscribers
Spotify has become the first music streaming service to pass 50 million paying customers. It reached the milestone after adding 10 million subscribers in less than six months, staying ahead of its...
Giant Strides By Rlg At Mobile World Congress 2017
Pan-African Mobile Phone and electronic brand, Rlg Communications Group was among a number of product manufacturers that took part in the just-ended Mobile World Congress in the Spanish city of...
Amazon Typo Knocked Websites Offline
Amazon has said that a simple typo was the cause of several high-profile websites and services being knocked offline earlier in the week. Hours of problems struck services like Q&A forum Quora, and...
Tigo Merges With Airtel
Airtel and Tigo Ghana have completed talks over an agreement to merge their operations. StarrFMonline.com understands that per the agreement, Millicom International Cellular S. A and Bharti Airtel...
Rod Stewart Sorry For Video With Mock Beheading
With his raspy voice and sex appeal, Rod Stewart has rarely been considered controversial. But after an unlikely online row, the pop star has apologized for a video that some saw as emulating an...
Nintendo Switch Goes On Sale, Sells Out Immediately
The Nintendo Switch is finally on sale across the world. The much-hyped – and risky – mixed-use console appeared to immediately sell out and only people who queued at midnight or pre-ordered long...
Comcast’s NBCU Discloses $500 Mn Stake In Snap
Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal on Friday disclosed it has taken a $500 million stake in Snap, the messaging service which launched its big public offering this week. "This is a significant milestone in...
Tigo, Airtel Merge
Operators of Tigo and Airtel Friday announced that they have, through their respective subsidiaries, entered into an agreement to combine their operations in Ghana. As per the agreement, Millicom...
Airtel, Tigo Sign Agreement To Seal Merger
Telecom operators, Airtel Ghana and Tigo, have signed an agreement to seal their merger. The two companies, Millicom International Cellular SA , and Bharti Airtel, commenced talks in 2016, but...
Sarkodie Has Special Message For His Girlfriend On Her Birthday
The ‘‘ act posted a special message on Facebook dedicated to his girl writing: All you brought me HBD … More Life and endless blessings. Early this year, he released a song dedicated to her –...
Wiyaala, M.anifest and Ebo Taylor Meet Facebook’s Chief Product Officer
Chris Cox, the Chief Product Officer at Facebook has visited Ghana to meet and interact with Ghanaian tech and creative talents. He first visited the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology...
MTN Partners GLICO To Launch Mobile Care Insurance
MOBILE Telecommunications Limited (MTN), in partnership with GLICO General Insurance Company, has launched a Mobile Care Insurance designed as a protection against accidental phone damage, screen...